- Israel’s ambassador to Brazil, Yossi Shelley, shared a meal with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday, before the Brazil vs. Peru soccer match.
- The meal included lobster, a non-kosher food, so the Israeli mission tweeted a photo of the offending crustacean hastily scribbled out – inviting plenty of ridicule.
- Shelley insisted that he didn’t eat the lobster. “I don’t eat those things and definitely don’t order them,” he said, according to the Times of Israel.
On Sunday, the Israeli embassy in Brazil tweeted a photo of Israeli ambassador Yossi Shelley and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro enjoying a meal before the Brazil vs. Peru soccer match. It looks like a normal, chummy Twitter photo, except for some odd black smudges – amateur photo editing to hide the lobster on their plates.
Antes da final da Copa América entre Brasil e Peru, o presidente @jairbolsonaro e o @embaixadoryossi almoçaram juntos em Brasília. Eles irão acompanhar a partida desejando sorte para a seleção brasileira em busca de mais um título. Vai Brasil!! pic.twitter.com/trDHb0ftCh
— Israel no Brasil (@IsraelinBrazil) July 7, 2019
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